How can I trust and put my faith in God if everything that happens to me is always not good and I always fail to be good all the time?

I would like to begin by addressing what may be the real problem. You say that “Everything that happens to me is always not good and I always fail to be good all the time.” I believe if a Christian is “always failing to be good,” they can’t expect “good things to happen to them.”

This is confirmed in Galatians 6:7-10: “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith” (NKJV). The principle being taught in this passage is very simple, WE WILL REAP WHAT WE SOW! If we are constantly failing to do good, we will reap bad things. Conversely, if we are always doing good, we will reap good things.

If you are truly a child of God, there is another important point I would like to draw your attention to. If you are continually failing and reaping bitter consequences, God is allowing these things to happen to you because He loves you and is seeking your spiritual good. Consider these words in Hebrews 12:5-6, “My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; For whom the LORD loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives.” God the Father PROVES HIS LOVE to His children by disciplining them when they need it. The world calls into question God’s love to believers at those times, but this passage teaches us that God loves us too much to allow us to have our own way. If we fail to be good, He will indeed chasten us. The fact that He does chasten us PROVES WE ARE HIS CHILDREN, as seen in verses 7-7-8, “If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.” His discipline takes on many forms; it may the loss of our health, the loss of a loved one, or some other adversity. He is trying to get our attention and to achieve a desired result. What is that result? Let’s read on in verses 9-11, “Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He FOR OUR PROFIT, THAT WE BE PARTAKERS OF HIS HOLINESS. Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward IT YIELDS THE PEACEABLE FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS to those who have been trained by it.” Dear friend, God is chastening you FOR YOUR PROFIT! His desire is for us is to “be partakers of His holiness” and to experience “the peaceable fruit of righteousness.” Our prayer for you is that you will take these scriptures to heart and allow God’s discipline in your life to have its desired effect.

In closing, if you do meditate upon these passages and realize that you have been “reaping what you have sown” and that “God has allowed this for your good,” you will be in the proper spiritual state to begin “trusting and putting your faith in God.” (208.3) (DO)